Εγγραφές 2022 – 2023
Η Ιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών ανακοινώνει τη λειτουργία τον Προγράμματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών διάρκειας 2 (δύο) ετών το οποίο οδηγεί στην απονομή Διπλώματος Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών στην ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΙΡΑΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΝΕΥΡΟΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ
Program Objectives
The aim is to provide comprehensive postgraduate education and specialized knowledge in the field of Neurosurgery and its fundamental pillars: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology/Pathology.
Through lectures, laboratory practical exercises, and presentations of clinical cases, students of the P.P.S. will have the opportunity to acquire comprehensive knowledge and research skills in the fields of Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery, as well as related disciplines, such as:
• Neurology,
• Neuroimaging,
• Neurotraumatology & Neurocritical Care,
• Neuro-Oncology,
• Neuropsychology.
The program is supported by distinguished faculty members from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and collaborating institutions both in Greece and abroad.
Πιάγκου Μαρία
Καθηγήτρια Ανατομίας ΕΚΠΑ
Γ. Στράντζαλης
Καθηγητής Νευροχειρουργικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Educational Fields
Anatomy of the Skull Base and the Spinal Cord
Functional Neurosurgery
Neurological Diseases and Neurosurgery
Program Outline
1st Semester
- Biostatistics & Research Methodology and presentation or manuscript preparation
- Anatomy of the Skull Base, Spine & Meninges
- Functional Neuronatomy I: Principles of nervous system development & cerebral cortex
- Functional Neuroanatomy II: Deep brain structures, brainstem/cranial nerves and cerebellum
- Functional Neuroanatomy III: Spinal Cord & Peripheral Nervous System
- Neuroimaging
2nd Semester
- Neuroanatomy IV: Chemical and molecular Neuroanatomy
- Neurological Disorders I: Vascular, Epilepsy, Headache/Migraine
- Νeurological Disorders II: Neurodegenerative, Idiopathic, Inflammatory, Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System
- Neurosurgery I: Neuroemergency/Neurotraumatology
- Neurosurgery II: Neurooncology
3rd Semester
- Neurosurgery III: Functional Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery IV: Intraoperative neuromonitoring/mapping
- Neuropsychology in Neurosurgery
- Neuroanatomy Lab I: Skull base and spinal approaches
- Neuroanatomy Lab II: Cerebral White Matter
Athens Microneurosurgical Laboratory
The Athens Microneurosurgery Laboratory has been operating since 2013 and has swiftly grew an outstanding international presence in regards to academic output and as a major node for microneurosurgical training. More than 25 original research projects –focused primarily on white matter or skull base anatomy– have been published in the main journals of neurosurgical academic discourse such as the Journal of Neurosurgery, Brain Structure and Function, Neurosurgical Review etc. This endeavor resulted in 7 PhD theses, 5 of which have been defended, and collaborations with the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Royal Infirmary (Little France, Edinburgh) and the Anatomy Lab at the Imperial College London & the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, London. Additionally, 5 international and 8 national fellows have carried original research in 6 and 12 months structured fellowships.
Moreover the Athens Microneurosurgical Laboratory has been organizing annually, since 2015, the International Neurosurgical Anatomy and White Matter Dissection course under the auspices of EANS. The course provides outstanding hands-on experience with cadaveric specimens in 16 fully equipped stations with operating microscopes and micro dissection instruments. The trainees—residents and young neurosurgeons from around the world– are tutored by world-class faculty of prominent neurosurgeons from major European and North American institutions.
The students of the MSc Clinical and Experimental Neurosurgery, are motivated to take part in the Lab research activity and curry out their own research projects. In addition, in the 3rd semester, there are two Laboratory lessons, where students are introduced in the Neurosurgical Skull Base Approaches and the White Matter Dissection technique, in human specimens.